"You're so annoying, Sakura."
Looks like I've been too nice lately. I need to find a chance to beat—no, train Sakura properly.
Sasuke nodded in agreement. Indeed, she was annoying as hell.
"Y-you two... are just too much!"
Sakura was hurt by her two teammates' behavior. She had worked so, so hard to fit into Team 7, yet in the end—
She was still disliked!
She turned away and sulked, secretly hoping her teammates, especially Sasuke, would come comfort her.
Naruto asked in confusion, "When we entered the forest, I openly showed off our Heaven Scroll. Why hasn't any enemy come looking for us yet?"
Sasuke snorted. "You were too high-profile. The enemies all know you can use the Flying Thunder God. Only an idiot would come looking for us—let's just go find them. The result will be the same anyway."
Naruto nodded. "Then let's just wander around. We have five days, so we'll run into enemies eventually."
The two walked side by side. After covering quite a distance, Naruto realized Sakura had not followed them.
"Come on. What are you spacing out for?"
Watching their retreating figures without stopping, Sakura stomped her foot in anger. But she had no choice but to chase after them.
Elsewhere in the Forest of Death, Karin closed her eyes and used Mind's Eye of the Kagura to sense the area around her.
Lumine looked puzzled. "Karin, what are you looking for? Enemies?"
Ryuzetsu complained from beside her, "Definitely Sasuke. Karin's gone crazy over that man."
These past few days, Karin and Sakura had fought over Sasuke more times than anyone could count.
Karin opened her eyes and smiled smugly. "Hehe, Ryuzetsu, you wouldn't understand. You'll get it once you meet someone you like."
Ryuzetsu fell silent for a moment. "I did meet someone,